Chelsea faced with Cole fire

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ASHLEY COLE, THE ARSENAL defender, will be summoned today by the FA Premier League commission investigating his clandestine meeting with Chelsea and will vehemently reject claims from Stamford Bridge that it was instigated by him and his agent. Peter Kenyon, the Chelsea chief executive, told the inquiry on Friday that the infamous meeting at the Royal Park Hotel in London on January 30 was arranged by Cole’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, but the England full back will deny those suggestions today and attach the blame firmly to Chelsea.

Cole’s lawyers wrote to Denton Wilde Sapte, the Premier League’s solicitors, on Saturday